Running a small country and managing a game is almost synonymous.
The self is too small an object for perpetual enthusiasm.
I find the best things are done for yourself or start as a small project and become a big thing.
It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s.
Everything in the world starts small and then becomes bigger—except bad things. They start big, and then get smaller.
People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the streets.
For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!
Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?
If you only take small risks, you are only entitled to a small life.
The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.
What people do is they pay the small loans first. Why? Because they enjoy making the number of loans smaller. But of course it is a very ineffective way to pay debt down.
All the great enterprises of the world are run by a few smart men: their aides and associates run down by rapid stages to the level of sheer morons. Everyone knows that this is true of government, but we often forget that it is equally true of private undertakings. In the average great bank, or railroad, or other corporation the burden of management lies upon a small group. The rest are ciphers.
There's a small club of women who are willing to age.
If your vision doesn’t compel, move or stir people, your vision is too small.
Well, at least you have led us to the small mailman and the one who smells of prunes. " - "UP
We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?
None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.
I believe that you always have to believe. It's the only way; after all we both believe that we will do this exhibition. But I can't believe in God, as such, he's either too big or too small for me, and always incomprehensible, unbelievable.
To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things.
Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, [but] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is exactly what happened. Revolution 2. 0 in Egypt was exactly the same. Everyone is contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And no one is the hero in that picture.